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She really has! And not even 6m yet....it wouldn't surprise me if she hits 100lb..Wow she really has grown!!![]()
She and Shamas share a wardrobe now lol
She really has! And not even 6m yet....it wouldn't surprise me if she hits 100lb..Wow she really has grown!!![]()
I would count that as a success!until she calmed down.....that took about 1/2hour.
Yes, we're very pleased. we put shamas in the yard for the initial integration. Just to be sure...Toby and Chloe make up the overall pack, but we didn't know if he'd get protective when Toby corrected her the first few times. So we thought it best not to have him in the room. Just in case....there was always the risk that we might be dealing with a 2-pack situation now that Shamas has his own puppy at home.I would count that as a success!
Dogs that are living together harmoniously do not need to "correct" each other. It is difficult when we are with friends and family that have dogs, and they are put in the position of being with other unfamiliar dogs without choice. I get it, sometimes it happens, especially this time of year! Just like humans, some dogs don't "really" get other, and that's OK, just like humans. The problem is that humans have the choice to remove themselves, go to a different room, or leave. We don't generally end up "correcting" each other, if that happens, then everyone feels uncomfortable, emotional and even say things they don't really mean in the heat of the moment.In the overall pack, it's Toby, Shamas, Chloe in order of dominance. Now Angel is bottom.
The concern was that with him having her at home, the overall pack system might not hold, and he'd correct Toby for correcting Angel.
Since Angel gets away with so much at home, in so far as dog-dog behaviour we wanted her to learn some manners from the pack as a whole without interference. It worked really well![]()